Chris Stockwell was a Canadian politician from Ontario.
19 Facts About Chris Stockwell
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Chris Stockwell was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1990 to 2003, and served as Speaker of the legislature and cabinet minister in the governments of Mike Harris and Ernie Eves.
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Chris Stockwell was elected to the Ontario provincial legislature in the 1990 provincial election, defeating incumbent Liberal Linda LeBourdais by about 4,000 votes in Etobicoke West.
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The New Democratic Party won the election, and Chris Stockwell sat on the opposition benches for the next five years.
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The Tories won a majority in the provincial election of 1995, and Chris Stockwell was easily elected in his own riding.
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Chris Stockwell soon developed a reputation as one of the more prominent Red Tories in the Tory caucus.
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Chris Stockwell was elected Speaker of the Assembly on October 3,1996.
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Chris Stockwell was not Harris's preferred choice for the position, but won with support from members in all three parties.
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Chris Stockwell won a reputation for independence in the Speaker's chair, and was not afraid to criticize members of his own party.
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Chris Stockwell played a key role in the anti-megacity filibuster of 1997, where the Opposition parties proposed thousands of amendments identical except for a few words.
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Chris Stockwell ruled against the government when they moved that the legislature did not need to vote on each amendment, but in their favor when they suggested that the identical text did not need to be read aloud each time.
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Chris Stockwell was largely credited with shepherding through the legislature a bill to increase the maximum work-week to 60 hours, and promoted the Harris government's "Workplace Democracy Act", which made union organization more difficult.
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Chris Stockwell was a candidate to succeed Mike Harris in the 2002 PC leadership campaign.
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Chris Stockwell won little support from party insiders, and placed last with four per cent of the vote.
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Chris Stockwell supported Ernie Eves, the winning candidate, on the second ballot.
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On July 25,2003, Chris Stockwell announced that he would not run in the 2003 election.
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In 2013, Chris Stockwell was one of several candidates for appointment to Toronto City Council to replace Doug Holyday in Ward 3.
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In September 2014, Chris Stockwell registered as a candidate for Toronto City Council in Ward 4 in Etobicoke.
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Chris Stockwell died in Toronto of cancer at the age of 60.